Lower-Hybrid-Wave Heating in the Alcator-Tokamak
- 23 July 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 43 (4) , 274-278
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.43.274
Abstract
We report the results of injecting 90 kW of microwave power near the lower hybrid frequency into the Alcator- tokamak through a two-waveguide array. The observed plasma heating is in disagreement with that expected from linear waveguide-plasma coupling theory. From these results and auxiliary rf probe measurements we infer the nonlinear formation of a high- wave power spectrum at the plasma edge.
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